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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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. @alcs.co.uk members: you have until Monday to vote for
@richardfisher.bsky.social to elect him as a director.

Would be great to have someone with knowledge of tech to guide the organisation through issues with copyright/credit/remuneration in the era of generative AI!
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
chemistryworld.com
A Greek researcher has won her court battle against the EU's anti-corruption agency that accused her of misuse of grant funding 5 years ago. An EU court ruled that the fraud agency breached her confidentiality and violated her presumption of innocence.
Researcher wins €50,000 in damages as European Anti-Fraud Office removes ‘unlawful’ press release
EU court rules that inaccurate allegations of grant misuse damaged the researcher's reputation, career and health
www.chemistryworld.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
The European Commission has been ordered to pay damages and court costs to a researcher after its European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) published defamatory statements accusing her of misuse of grant funding five years ago — my latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...
Researcher wins €50,000 in damages as European Anti-Fraud Office removes ‘unlawful’ press release
EU court rules that inaccurate allegations of grant misuse damaged the researcher's reputation, career and health
www.chemistryworld.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
AI reviewers recommended accepting AI-generated studies up to 82% of the time — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/research-int...

@jameszou.bsky.social
AI peer reviewers are fine with AI-fabricated papers
Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times
cen.acs.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
Anyone know who edits opinion articles at Scientific American?
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
A new Google Scholar tool quantifies how much credit each study author gets — my latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@michaelgusenbauer.bsky.social
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
dalmeet.bsky.social
I'm quoted in the new guidelines launched by @sagepub.com and @senseaboutsci.bsky.social aiming to elevate the role of information curators in combating misinformation:

senseaboutscience.org/wp-content/u...
November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
chemistryworld.com
Scientists are voicing their concerns over two beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron are at risk of closure because of a lack of funding.
Researchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat
www.chemistryworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
"The number of publications and number of proposals submitted to a beamline isn’t really a very good metric of the importance of the research that’s done there..."

My latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...

#ChemSky
Researchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat
www.chemistryworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
dalmeet.bsky.social
"The number of publications and number of proposals submitted to a beamline isn’t really a very good metric of the importance of the research that’s done there..."

My latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...

#ChemSky
Researchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat
www.chemistryworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
dalmeet.bsky.social
A new Google Scholar tool quantifies how much credit each study author gets — my latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@michaelgusenbauer.bsky.social
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
retractionwatch.com
“I have no idea what the impersonator was trying to achieve. Had the organizers not emailed me, but him, with acceptance, would he have shown up pretending to be me? This is very confusing and frankly, disturbing.”
‘Confusing and frankly, disturbing’: When researchers are impersonated
winyoo08/iStock Ariel Karlinsky was confused. A Ph.D. student at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he had just received a message stating the paper he had submitted to an economics conference in …
retractionwatch.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
Mohamed Shaaban was surprised when he heard that a paper listing him as an author had been published. It turns out somebody had impersonated him & paid the APC to get the paper published — only to later request it be retracted. My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/10/23/c...
‘Confusing and frankly, disturbing’: When researchers are impersonated
winyoo08/iStock Ariel Karlinsky was confused. A Ph.D. student at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he had just received a message stating the paper he had submitted to an economics conference in …
retractionwatch.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
cenmag.bsky.social
More than 20% of chemistry researchers have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during the peer review process, in order to get their papers published. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪
1 in 5 chemists have deliberately added errors into their papers during peer review, study finds
Conclusion is one of many in a report about how chemists handle errors in manuscripts
cen.acs.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
US-based AI company Anthropic will pay authors $1.5 billion after illegally training their AI models using their works that were available on pirate sites.

My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-comp...

@ithakasr.bsky.social
AI company will pay authors $1.5 billion in damages after using their copyrighted works to train its models
Academics set for payouts of $3000 for each book that was illegally downloaded
www.chemistryworld.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
chemistryworld.com
Academics whose textbooks were used to train Anthropic's AI could receive around $3000 for each book illegally downloaded.
AI company will pay authors $1.5 billion in damages after using their copyrighted works to train its models
Academics set for payouts of $3000 for each book that was illegally downloaded
www.chemistryworld.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
More than 20% of chemists have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during peer review, a new study has found.

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

@nanoporous.net, @freddie2310.bsky.social

#ChemSky
One in five chemists have deliberately added errors into their papers during peer review, study finds
Conclusion is one of many in a report about how chemists handle errors in manuscripts
cen.acs.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
More than 20% of chemists have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during peer review, a new study has found.

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

@nanoporous.net, @freddie2310.bsky.social

#ChemSky
One in five chemists have deliberately added errors into their papers during peer review, study finds
Conclusion is one of many in a report about how chemists handle errors in manuscripts
cen.acs.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
More than 97% of electron microscope images aren’t reported in peer-reviewed scientific papers, a new study has found.

My latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th...

@ananikovlab.bsky.social, @reeserichardson.bsky.social
More than 97% of electron microscope images remain unpublished
Huge datasets that would be a valuable training aid for AI are being lost
www.chemistryworld.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
More than 97% of electron microscope images aren’t reported in peer-reviewed scientific papers, a new study has found.

My latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th...

@ananikovlab.bsky.social, @reeserichardson.bsky.social
More than 97% of electron microscope images remain unpublished
Huge datasets that would be a valuable training aid for AI are being lost
www.chemistryworld.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
cenmag.bsky.social
The US National Institutes of Health will soon release a plan to cap academic-journal publishing fees. Some outside experts say there are better ways to rein in publishing costs. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪
NIH decision looms about caps on scholarly-journal publishing fees
Researchers are pleased about possible limit to publishers’ profits but say the proposed change is imperfect
cen.acs.org
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
Researchers are pleased about the #NIH possibly introducing caps on #OpenAccess fees its grantees can pay from their funding but say the change is imperfect—my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

@jeremymberg.bsky.social, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca, @pamherd.bsky.social
NIH decision looms about caps on scholarly-journal publishing fees
Researchers are pleased about possible limit to publishers’ profits but say the proposed change is imperfect
cen.acs.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
Researchers are pleased about the #NIH possibly introducing caps on #OpenAccess fees its grantees can pay from their funding but say the change is imperfect—my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

@jeremymberg.bsky.social, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca, @pamherd.bsky.social
NIH decision looms about caps on scholarly-journal publishing fees
Researchers are pleased about possible limit to publishers’ profits but say the proposed change is imperfect
cen.acs.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
Early-career researchers more likely than others to stop publishing after a retraction — my latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@shahanmemon.bsky.social, @fangferric.bsky.social
Retractions can reshape scientists’ careers in unexpected ways
Institutions and publishers need to weigh context carefully and provide support when needed, says the author of a new study on the issue.
www.nature.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
Early-career researchers more likely than others to stop publishing after a retraction — my latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@shahanmemon.bsky.social, @fangferric.bsky.social
Retractions can reshape scientists’ careers in unexpected ways
Institutions and publishers need to weigh context carefully and provide support when needed, says the author of a new study on the issue.
www.nature.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM